Monday, Monday!

Did this seem like a really busy day for everyone else too?  I'm not even sure what I did all day to make it feel so busy!  This is the start of week 6 for training, which means I'm halfway there!  I've really started to feel stronger and the shorter distances are getting easier.  I went to the gym and lifted tonight, and it felt great (other than having to fight for my space, it was crowded tonight).  I've been able to go up in weights quite a bit from when I first started.  Does anyone else actually go to the gym and lift weights or are you strictly a cardio and/or class person at the gym?  I love to lift and learn new excersices and I love being able to feel myself getting stronger.  One of  my favorite college courses...weight training.  :)

Anway, tomorrow will be a 4 mile run and it looks like the weather should be nice enough.  I'm also suppose to do a 5k this weekend per the training schedule so I registered today for the Shamrock Shuffle here in Lawrence.  This will be a lot more people than the race I ran on Sunday, so I'm just hoping for a decent time.  I'm not likely to place for my age group again (not being negative, just a ton of people usually do this race). 


In other news, Aidyn and I finally got to her Shrinky Dinks on Sunday.  She was really excited to color them, until I told her we were actually going to cook them.  She quickly lost interest in coloring and scribbled the color all over them so we could get them in the frying pan oven. 

Did you do Shrinky Dinks as a kid?

Sunday was also new recipe night at our house thanks to this wonderful Blog I've been following quite a bit the last few months.   Seriously, check it out.  There isn't much on her site that I wouldn't care to try.  Shelby is her name and I knew her from church when I was a kid.  She made Buffalo Chicken Sandwhiches recently and it sounded right up our ally!  I changed it up a bit and made Buffalo Chicken Wraps, and they were pretty tasty. 

It was so easy!  I put about 1 1/2 lbs of chicken in my little 3 quart crockpot and added some Franks and some Blue Cheese dressing and let it cook for about 2 hours on high.  Then I shredded the chicken and actually here I added just a little bit of chicken stock because it was pretty spicey, and I had forgotten  to leave out a little chicken to cook for Aidyn, so the stock knocked back the heat just enough.  While the shredded chicken cooked in the sauce for a bit, I got the wraps ready.  I used jalapeno cheddar tortillas and added lettuce, tomatoes, a little bit of blue cheese crumbles and then added the chicken on top. Done!  I will definitley be making these again!  Thanks Shelby for the inspiration! 

Our Sunday ended like all days end in our house.  Nice and quiet and peace....oh wait, no.  That isn't right.   What I meant to say is that our day ended with Aidyn surfing on the couch channeling her inner Barbie surfer girl.  She even has her bikini bottoms...oh wait, no.  Damn, is that kid pantless again?! 

That was our Sunday!  Have a good week all!